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I want a Recycle Bin

PostPosted: Aug 10, 2001 @ 1:46pm
by Jaybot
Because I'm a little reckless when I start deleting stuff to free up some memory... couldn't there just be some simple program that runs in the background that captures files when they are supposed to be deleted, Which I can then empty out when I'm done.  I know this may sound silly to some of you; like if I'm trying to free memory, I wouldnt actually free any by putting it in a recycle bin, but it's a heck of a lot easier to put all of the 'trash' in one place and then review it again to see if you want to really delete it.  Or perhaps even use some sort of really high Gzip compression when throwing it into the recycle bin, to still save space while you mull over emptying it for a few days.<br><br>I don't know, it seems to make sense to me.

Re: I want a Recycle Bin

PostPosted: Aug 10, 2001 @ 1:55pm
by Moose or Chuck
Cough... what exactly did you delete?

Re: I want a Recycle Bin

PostPosted: Aug 10, 2001 @ 2:07pm
by Jaybot
Nothing too important.  I was being serious though.  It would be a nice little program to have .

Re: I want a Recycle Bin

PostPosted: Aug 10, 2001 @ 3:04pm
by Dan East
First off, I don't know why MS decided to do away with the Recycle Bin for Pocket PC (and Palm-Sized PC). All other versions of Windows CE have it.<br>I don't think it's possible to try and hook into the OS to capture file deletions, as they are just function calls and not Windows Messages or the like.<br>However, the gzipping deleted files is a good idea...<br><br>Dan East

Re: I want a Recycle Bin

PostPosted: Aug 10, 2001 @ 4:20pm
by TBone
What could be possible would be integrating the Recycle Bin into a file explorer, like Resco's or FTPView, which is what I use. Either of these could handle a Recycle Bin internally fairly easily. Maybe someone could suggest this to them?...

Re: I want a Recycle Bin

PostPosted: Aug 10, 2001 @ 5:25pm
by Moose or Chuck
thats a good idea... Dan.

Re: I want a Recycle Bin

PostPosted: Aug 10, 2001 @ 5:37pm
by Dan East
I don't think they need any suggestions.<br><br>Dan East

Re: I want a Recycle Bin

PostPosted: Aug 10, 2001 @ 6:14pm
by Moose or Chuck
yea okay fine.

Re: I want a Recycle Bin

PostPosted: Aug 12, 2001 @ 1:09am
by Chris Edwards
dan.. that's the most ironic/funniest thing i've read in a while.

Re: I want a Recycle Bin

PostPosted: Aug 12, 2001 @ 1:18am
by Moose or Chuck
:-)